Issues of Life and Death: Key Words
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- Created on: 19-03-16 17:17
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- Matters of Life and Death
- Resurrection
- the belief that after death the body stays in the grave until the end of the world when it is raised
- Immortality of the Soul
- the idea that the soul lives on after the death of the body
- Paranormal
- the study of unexplained things like ghosts and mediums who say they can contact dead spirits
- Abortion
- the removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive
- Assisted Suicide
- providing a seriously ill person with the means to commit suicide
- Euthanasia
- the painless killing of someone dying from a painful disease
- Near - Death Experience
- when someone about to die has an out of body experience
- Non - Voluntary Euthanasia
- ending someones life painlessly when they are unable to ask, but you have good reason for thinking they would want you to do so
- Quality Of Life
- the idea that life must have some benefits for it to be worth living
- Reincarnation
- the belief that, after death, souls are reborn into a new body
- Sancity Of Life
- the belief that life is holy and belongs to God
- Voluntary Euthanasia
- ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death
- Resurrection
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